ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
Theses and dissertations completed at Eastern Virginia Medical School prior to integration with ODU on July 1, 2024 are not included in Digital Commons unless they were completed as part of a cross-institutional program with ODU. Works completed after July 1, 2024 are being added but are incomplete.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Thesis: Immersive Active Learning for Virtual Laboratory Experiments, Swetha Punnandla
Thesis: Lord Baltimore's Charter and the Definition of the English-Colonial Relationship in the Seventeenth Century, Christopher D. Purnell
Thesis: Joint Transform Correlation with a Synthetic Discrimination Function for Object Classification, Inder K. Purohit
Thesis: Image Pre-Processing Techniques for Hazard Detection in Poor Visibility Conditions, Girish Singh Rajput
Dissertation: Biological Networks: Modeling and Structural Analysis, Emad Y. Ramadan
Thesis: Correlates of Marital Success A Homogamy Model, Sarah A. Raper
Thesis: Image Processing Technique for Runway Segmentation Using Color Spaces, Naresh Reddy Reddy
Thesis: Hearts and Minds, the American Revolution in South Carolina: A Study in the Application of Militia Violence to Influence Politics, Paul K. Reimann
Thesis: Numerical Simulations of a Nonlinear Transmission Line, Stuart Rogers
Dissertation: Cannabinoids: A Novel Treatment Strategy for Retinal Neurodegenerative Disorders, Sandeep Samudre
Thesis: In Vitro Comparison of 360° Unirotational Disposable Prophylaxis Angles Versus 90° Reciprocating Disposable Prophylaxis Angles on Spatter During Rubber Cup Polishing, Kelly Marie Schulz
Thesis: A Phylogeny of the Snappers (Lutjanidae; Percoidei) Inferred from Cytochrome B Sequence Data, Matthew R. Semcheski
Dissertation: Photoassociative Spectroscopy of Ultracold Metastable Argon and Study of Dual Species Trap Loss in a Rubidium-Metastable Argon MOT, Michael K. Shaffer
Thesis: Congestion Mitigation in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Single-Hop Backpressure Algorithm, Vijay Shekar Mangilipalli Gangu Sham
Dissertation: Generals in Three-Piece Suits—Contractors in Camouflage: A Critical Assessment of Contractors in Iraq, Wyman E. Shuler III
Dissertation: The Relationship of Teacher Route to Certification to Student Outcomes on Statewide Social Studies Assessment, Aaron L. Smith
Dissertation: Integrating Preservation Functions Into the Web Server, Joan A. Smith
Thesis: Study of Multibody Dynamics Using MATLAB, Kalyani Soman
Dissertation: Massive Spatiotemporal Watershed Hydrological Storm Event Response Model (MHSERM) with Time-Lapsed NEXRAD Radar Feed, Changqing Song
Dissertation: Democratic Failure: Tracking the Ebb of Democracy's Flow, 1800–2006, Sanja E. Sray
Dissertation: Examination of a Nomological Network of Team Leadership: A Construct Validation Study, Kari R. Strobel
Dissertation: Real-Time Ultrasound Simulation for Medical Training and Standardized Patient Assessment, Bo Sun
Thesis: A Systematic Study on Structural and Optical Properties in Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Devices, Sri Sabarinadh Sunkavalli
Dissertation: Institutional Conditionality and State Compliance: The Czech and Slovak Accession to NATO and the EU, Eva Svobodova
Thesis: Searching for Clooney, Roopa Swaminathan
Thesis: Experimental Study of the Frequency Response of a Hot Film Anemometer, Ashish Tamhane
Thesis: Robust Edge-Detection Algorithm for Runway Edge Detection, Swathi Tandra
Thesis: Spatial and Trophic Dynamics of a Macrofaunal Community on a High Energy Intertidal Sandflat, Sharon Ann Tatem
Dissertation: The Impact of Participation in a Virginia Community College Orientation Program Course on Student Engagement, Satisfaction, Academic achievement, and Retention, Wendy L. Tighe
Thesis: Mesoscale Dispersive Flux in the Lower Reaches of the Elizabeth River Estuary, Byron Danrich Tracy
Thesis: A Weighted Modular Principal Component Analysis Approach for Face Authentication, Chandrika Tummala
Dissertation: Parallel MPI/FORTRAN Finite Element Symmetrical/Unsymmetrical Domain Decomposition, Siroj Tungkatara
Dissertation: Identifying Determinants of Physical Activity in Maritime Union Members Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, Susan Atkinson Tweed
Thesis: The Development of Genetic Algorithm for the Prediction of Ship Motion from Wave Radar Data, Sumanth Tirumala Vangipuram
Thesis: Gender Differences in the Romantic Commitment of Swingers: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Rachel A. Vedder
Thesis: Abuse Behind the Badge Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Police Families, Denicia M. Veroza
Thesis: Geo-Rectification of Aerial Images for Detecting Changes in Terrain, Diana Vincent
Thesis: Object Detection in Poor Visibility Conditions Using Image Segmentation, Triveni Vuppalapati
Thesis: Validation of a New Method of Estimating VO2max Based on VO2Reserve with Treadmill Exercise, Julie Lynn Ward
Thesis: Compartmentalizing the Other: Nineteenth-Century Englishwomen, Travel, and English Identity, Amanda E. Williams
Thesis: Piano Study and Gender Associations: A Query Into the Perceptions of Children Ages Five to Fourteen, Richard C. Winfree
Thesis: Crossroads Confessions & Other Configurations, Rebecca Recce Winsor
Thesis: Detecting Portable Electronic Devices Onboard Commercial Aircraft, Randy Woods
Thesis: An Approach to Identifying the Biomechanical Differences Between Intercostal Cartilage in Subjects with Pectus Excavatum and Normals in Vivo: Reconstruction and CT Registration, Zhenzhen Yan
Thesis: Multivariable Flight Control Design Tool Incorporating Gain and Phase Root Locus, Yong Ki Yoon
Dissertation: Gene Therapy Using Tet-Repressor System to Modulate Prostate Tumor Microenvironment, Nazita Yousefieh
Dissertation: Frontal Variability in Drake Passage - A Modeling Study, Bin Zhang
Dissertation: Design of a High-Speed Architecture for Stabilization of Video Captured Under Non-Uniform Lighting Conditions, Ming Zhu Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dissertation: The Importance of Gender and Readiness to Change in the Prediction of Drinking and Negative Consequences of First-Year Student Drinkers, Margot E. Ackermann
Dissertation: A Structured Systemic Framework for Software Development, Kevin MacGregor Adams
Dissertation: The Impact of Privatization on Economic Growth and Income Inequality in Developing Countries, Samuel Adams
Dissertation: Essays on Momentum, Autoregressive Returns, and Conditional Volatility: Evidence From the Saudi Stock Market, Abdullah Alsubaie
Dissertation: Geopolitical Rivalry in the Caspian-Caucasus Region and the Dilemma of Interstate Cooperation, Nurettin Altundeger
Thesis: Limb Regeneration After Multiple Autotomy and Coxae Removal in the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, Jennifer Ambler
Dissertation: FreeLib: A Self-Sustainable Peer-to-Peer Digital Library Framework for Evolving Communities, Ashraf A. Amrou
Thesis: Old Dominion University Space Systems Engineering Competency Development to Accommodate Orbital Flight Projects, Ersin Ancel
Thesis: Lynching The White Imagination: Changing the Dynamics of Lynching and Rewriting the Cult of True Womanhood in Grimke, Johnson, and Terrell, Melissa L. Antonucci
Thesis: Channel Management in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks, Mohammad Hadi Arbabi
Thesis: An Adaptive and Non-Linear Technique for Enhancement of High Contrast Images, Saibabu Arigela
Dissertation: Measurements of Correlated Pair Momentum Distributions in -3He(e,e',p,p)n with CLAS, Hovhannes Baghdasaryan
Thesis: Self-Perceived Leadership Practices of Athletic Training Leaders, Jessica Lynn Barrett
Dissertation: Changes in Formal-Informal Caregiving in Elderly Stroke Survivors, Holly Anne Beard
Thesis: The Bachelor Primetime Construction of Romance, Fairy Tales, and Melodrama, Susan E. Beck
Dissertation: Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Earliness and Tardiness Over a Common Due Date, Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia
Dissertation: Modeling Habitat and Environmental Factors Affecting Mosquito Abundance in Chesapeake, Virginia, Alan Scott Bellows
Thesis: Authoritarianism, Hostility Toward Women, Attitudes Toward Violence, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Sexual Aggression, Gina M. Bondi
Dissertation: Uncertainty Assessment in High-Risk Environments Using Probability, Evidence Theory and Expert Judgment Elicitation, Stella Barberis Bondi
Dissertation: Fatigue's Influence on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance in a Military Simulation of Combat, Carlotta M. Boone
Dissertation: Diagnosing Reading strategies: Paraphrase Recognition, Chutima Boonthum
Thesis: Assessment of High School Athletic Coaches Knowledge of the Prevention Recognition and Treatment of Heat Illnesses, Erica Lea Borgia
Thesis: Condensed and Expanded Sections in the Lower Mesaverde Clastic Wedge, Campanian of Wyoming: Evidence for Tectonic Rectification of Sea Level, Matthew W. Botzler
Thesis: Masculine Ideology and High-Risk Behavior Among Disabled Veterans, Abby L. Braitman
Dissertation: Assessment of Preliminary Design Approaches for Metallic Stiffened Cylindrical Shell Instability Problems, Vicki Owen Britt
Dissertation: A Technique for Solving the Singular Integral Equations of Potential Theory, Brian George Burns
Dissertation: The A-B Signal Detection Theory Model, Ernesto A. Bustamante
Thesis: College Students Online: An Exploration of the Benefits and Risks of Social Networking Sites, Catherine Blair Parker Butler
Thesis: Social Disadvantage and Family Violence: Neighborhood Effects on Attitudes About Intimate Partner Violence and Corporal Punishment, Deeanna M. Button
Dissertation: An Identity Approach to Understanding Diversity, Inclusion and the Work-Family Interface, Rebekah A. Cardenas
Thesis: Investigating Real-Time Sonar Performance Predictions Using Beowulf Clustering, Charles Lane Cartledge
Dissertation: Analysis of Determinants in Neighborhood Satisfaction Between Defended and Defensible Communities Within the General and Urban Housing Environments, David William Chapman
Thesis: The Effects of Collective Efficacy and Dissatisfaction With Law Enforcement on Neighborhood Crime Rates, Kelly E. Cobb
Thesis: Ideological Transference in the Barbary Captivity Literature of Post-Revolutionary America, Jason Scott Cooke
Thesis: Effects of Five Different Finger Rest Positions on Arm Muscle Activity During Scaling by Dental Hygiene Students, Mary Elizabeth Cosaboom
Thesis: Learning to Fly: Military Aviation Training at Middle Tennessee State University and the Transformation of Southern Higher Education in World War II, Christopher T. Crawford Jr.
Dissertation: The Potential Influence of Motivation on the Decision to Stay or Quit the Navy Delayed Entry Program: A Descriptive Analysis, Angela W. Cyrus
Thesis: Fin De Siecle 3.0: Cybernetic Anxieties in Posthuman Science Fiction, Jessica L. Dambruch
Thesis: Duchampian Authenticity and the Readymade Consumer, Terra D' An Rudisill
Thesis: Dynamic Routing Structure for an RTI Taking an Evolutionary Approach Towards Optimization, Matthew Ryan Davis
Thesis: The Clouds are Buffalo Stampeding Toward Jesus, Natalie G. Diaz
Thesis: The People Who Live on Lambert Lane, Natalie G. Diaz
Dissertation: Methodology for Analyzing and Characterizing Error Generation in Presence of Autocorrelated Demands in Stochastic Inventory Models, Rafael Diaz
Thesis: Standing Before the Stranger, Jonathan G. Dillion
Thesis: Employers Preferences: What Type of Employers Are Hiring Ex-Offenders?, Gia M. Dyke
Dissertation: Foundation Year Field Instruction in a Master of Social Work Program: A Comparison Study of Learning Outcomes for On-Campus and Off-Campus Students, Martha T. Early
Dissertation: Propulsion Enhancement Contributions to the Performance of Space Launch Vehicles, Russell H. Edwards
Thesis: The Tactical Flexibility of the Union Cavalry: How Modern Firearms Changed the Federal Cavalry, Peter J. Francione
Thesis: Simulation and Thermo-Economic Analysis of a Solar-Assisted Heat Pump System for Domestic Water Heating Application, Vaibhav D. Gagrani
Thesis: Distributed Cluster-Based Outlier Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks, Swetha Gali
Thesis: Eve's Side, Rebecca Lauren Gidjunis
Dissertation: Judicial Implementation of the Revised Family Code in Addis Ababa, Tassew Shiferaw Gizaw